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VOL. 60 NO.5 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY SEPTEMBER 22, 1988 12 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Seneca teacher denies report
he altered Kimbro's grades
By I H LA D. WALLER
taff Writer
A Seneca High chool science
tea her tS publicly denying a re­pon
in The Courier-Journal that
he altered University of Louisville
basketba ll player Tony Kimbro's
gmdes o he would qualify for a
college athletiC holarship.
The Sept. 18 article stated that
~c 1 e n ce mstructor Tom Beard was
o ne of three teacher at Seneca
who reponedly told Courier re­porters
R.G. Dunlop and Alan
Judd they fe lt pressured to alter
K 1mbro . grade~ by principal John
R Whiti ng .
After the anicle's publication ,
Beard prepared a notarized state­men!
refuung The Courier's ac­count
I do not like to be misquoted
hy ,, reponer who seems to want
to 1mpllcate me in the controversy
over mOated grades.' Beard said
m the statement. "My response to
the reporter's questions was 'NO' I
did not innate grades nor was
pressure put on me to change a
grade. I did not have to. Kimbro
ra1sed ht ~ own gmde. The reponer
changed my 'No's' to ju. t the op­po
ite.'
Beard said he IS di\tributing the
statement to local media .
The ourier article said Beard
altered Kimbro's grades after
Whiting prompted Sylvia Red­mon
. then head of Seneca's sci­ence
department , to discus With
Beard the pos>ibility of raising
Kimbro's grade in biology , which
was a C .
According to The Courier.
Redmon infonned Beard that "if
you don't want to teach the worst
classes m the sc ience department
the rest of your life, he'll get an A
o r a B."
The an1cle added that becau>e
o f his conversation w11h Redmon,
Beard changed Kimbro' ~ grade
from a C to a B. a statement
whic h Beard refutes
"There wa. no threat conveyed
by a re pre~e ntau ve of prin 1pal
Wh1ting to in any way a lter
To ny'> grades .' Beard \aid in an
mte rv1ew with The Louisville
Cardinal "He (Kimbro) mised
them through class part icipation,
extra cred it work and bener test
>cores. as did other student s in
clas,. I d id not alter his gmdes. "
The Courier art1cles also c ited
George Watkins, another Seneca
teacher, a<, !oaying he altered Kim­bro's
grJde, under pres!oure.
Watkino, has . mce re t1red from
teaching and could n t be reached
for commenl.
Redmo n , now leaching at Butler
High chool. abo could not be
reached by Card111al reporter~
Stan Macdonald, spectal pro­Je
ts editor for The Couner, o,aid
the newo,paper ~u ppor1 ~ the article
a~ g ubli shed.
We stand by the '>lory,' Mac­do
nald ~a i d ·We gave a fa ir and
accurate del.cription ."
Continued on Page 4
Controversy surrCiunds Tony Kimbro because of a Courier-Journal
report about his hi,gh school grades being altered.
Speed Scientific Schtool, low expenses
attract National Merit finalists to U of L
Merit finalist Matthew Black (left) and Kiti( Everman woti( on the com­puter
on the third floor of Miller Hall, the scholars floor.
By J. HRISTOPHER KOEBEL
Staff Writer
High \chool \ludent~ do not have
to be a ll mencan ath letes to win
college sc h ol ar~h 1ps. T uition award.,
can still be earned academically.
This seme>ter, the niversity of
Louisv1lle wi ll host 52 Na tiOnal
Me rit ;,cho lars h1p wmners.
If h1gh school JUniors score high
enough on the Preliminary Sc ho las­tic
Achievement Test they are cl as­sified
as ~c ho l a rs h ip ">em i-fi nalists.
Qua li tle rs then have the opportunity
to become tlnali sts.
Through U of L's T rustees Schol­a~
h•p p10gram , the semi-fi nalists
are offe red full tuition remiss io n.
At U of L. Merit Scholar fin a lists
a re el igi ble for even more awards ,
up to $2,000 extra, dependin g on
their financial need .
These scholarships a re renewable
for five years 10 the Speed c ie ntific
School and four years in every other
school at the Univers ity .
All students must do to retain
their scho larships is maintain a 3.0
cumulative grade point average.
Ideological differences contribute
to Pi Kappa Phi fraternity changes
By Ml HAEL TUCKER
taff Writer
Declining membership and ideo­logical
differences among members
f Pi Kappa Phi fraternity have re­\
Uited in a major reorganization of
the University of Louisville chapter.
A leadership consultant from Pi
Kappa's national headquaners,
William . Maycock , will assist the
U of L group with the task .
The national office saw the
chapter needed a lot of help,' May­cock
sa1d . "We noti ed a decline in
the quality of membership and in
quallly progmmming the chapter
had , o we came in over the sum­mer
and took a real hard and long
look at the chapter.
"We had to make a distinction
the ones (members) wl>o had the
right qualities and potential for a Pi
Kappa Phi fmtemuy member and
the ones that didn't have the right
ideas."
As a result , five undergraduate
members were placed on alumni
tatus and are no longer involved at
the undergraduate level.
Remaining members of Pi Kappa
Phi a~:ret:d that the membership re­orssamzatlon
was necessary .
The guys were avemge they
didn't want to move forward .' said
Secretary Paul Stokell. "They saw it
as a place to congregate and it rose
to a level where a lot of dissention
was caused by it ."
The fmternuy's members said they
are optimistic about Maycock's in­volvemenl.
"We didn't feel threatened when
they (national.) told us they were
going to send a leadership consultant
to help us out ,' , aid President Bill
Burton . ' He s a good guy . We told
him what we wanted and he is going
to aid us anyway he can ."
Maycock said reorganizing the
chapter was like staning over again .
"We are taking a fraternity that
has some alumm backing, some
connections on campus and a house,
and basically starting from scratch ,"
he said . •
The fraternity will actively recruit
members for the next three weeks to
increase their number.
Vice Preside nt Scott McLaren said
the frate mity wants a medium-sized
g roup .
"If it 1s too b1g. you lose a sense
o f balance.' he ~a id . ' But we don't
want to be so small that we can't
keep operating.'
Burton said the quality of the
group will eventually increase their
quantity .
"We have the motivation to
grow. Burton said. We are looking
to the future with good minds. A lot
of gu y~ here want to make this a
good fraternity.
Burton said P1 Kappa Ph1 IS
s tressing the fund ame ntal s of the ir
fraternity .
' We're trying to get back to what
a real frat em1ty is brotherhood ,
academtcs and being the gentleman
on campus, ' he said.
Maycock sa1d that if the chapter
follows these values, it will prosper.
"We know this c hapter can do
well here,' he !laid . 'That's why we
are putting so much time and energy
into the chapte r."
The fraternity realiLe thb process
is Just a refineme nt , be said . .
Scholar\htp reciptents' reasons for
attendmg U of L ra ther than other
college• w1th !olmi llar program., are
as numerou., a' the st udent~,
Of six students mterviewed , fo ur
said they came to U of L becau;.e of
Speed School\ repU1ta t10n .
' I came here beca u ~e Speed
School i> one of the best engmeer
ing sch<K>Is that I can think of,'
e lectrical e ngmeerilflg junior Tmha
Short said. In five years we have a
masters degree and three !oernesters
of co-op (coopemuve education)."
"Most of us are Speed students or
pre-med ." elcctri<:al engineenng
sophomore. K trl r ,erm.m said .
'Speed School IS n:cogmzed as one
of the be.,l engineering schools
around. "
Another scholarship ~>. mne r had a
much simpler rea;un fo r his choice
of schools.
"It 's too expen;iv•: to go anywhere
else." said pre-rned sophomore
Jonathan Grefer "If you want to go
to co lle~:e out of state, you can .
Your tullion will be paid by that
school. But the other exrnses for
students especia lly i you are
from out of >tate wi ll kil l you. I
figured that I better JUSt >lay here at
home."
Whatever their rea,ons for commg
10 ll of 1 .. mo\t of the o,cholars smd
they are happy w11h their choice.
' I really li ke it here, Short !oaid.
' There are o,o many people to meet,
friends to make, and there IS always
someth ing goi ng on.'
Most of the NMS rec ip1ent, live
on the Scholars' Floor in Miller
Ha ll.
"It's a good atmosphere being
around o the r people much like your­self."
s·ud en ineering math and
computer science ,ophomore
Malthew Blac k.
' You can give or get he lp from
your ne ighbors because most of
them are in your das;e, o r may
have already had them,' Short sa1d.
Altho ugh they live on a scholars'
noor, the residents say that it is
anything but a quiet , studious atmo­sphere.
Continued on Page 3
Splish-splash
Freshmen
orientation
class draws
approval
By B !TH AHONEN
Staff Wnter
ihe Un1 vers1ty nl l uuisv1 llc'!o
Provost Office ha., mauguratcd a
seven-week course de >~ g ned 111 re­duce
attntl()n mac; and he lp new
\ tude nl> make the tra n"t ion from
h1gb schuol to college
The p1lo1 Fre,hmcn Ot~enta t H III
Program, led hy . ale Rh ode~. wi ll
acquaint \ tudents w1th campu> facil ­Ities
and ..erv1cc\ while tea, hmg
them better ' tudy , kl( l, .
O n'e 11 become., a matnculatmn
req u~re me nt as pan ot the lln ivcr
!oi ly\ new general eduratmn guide­line.,
ne~t f<~ ll . 11 " al .. o expected In
he lp lower the IH pcr, ent att nllnn
ra te tor I re\hmcn
tatiSII t'S from I ,()()() Ulli Ver"IIC\
w11h \lmliar program'> 'how that
pan. cipallng \ludenl\ tend In per·
form better academically . takl' ad
vantage of un1 ver..i ty resource., .mel
graduate in greater number\ , RhoJcs
said .
"Umversit1cs aero.,., the na11on
have begun 10 offer cnur-.e' like
th i\ ," ; he '>31d The cnllr al wc~ k s
in the lo" of a freshman arc the
fin.t .,ix weeks Our t·our..e Ia.,!'>
>even.
' I really beile\c m the progr,un.
'he ,aid "The d1fference betwren
high o,ch<K>I and cullege " at oppo
sHe end., of the spectrum
Rhodes \aid several filc tors of ten
led to the high frc .,lunan allnt um
rate , but that a lack nf ' nffir1 r nt
study !oklll., seem'> to be at the root
of many \ludenh problem'>
' It 's not becau'>e of 11111 bcmg ahlc
to persist but becau;c 11 may be the
first time away from home for some
of these o, tudents and the) are nut
!okilled al the level they ,hould he m
studying .'
Rhode'> said dunng the ummcr
orientation se..- iml\, 3H.1 fre.,hmen
registe red for the program , and all
the openings were fi lled by the end
of the fo urth ses ... on
"We t o~ l kcd both to 'tudcnts ilnJ
pare nts during the orientation ,e.,­Sll>
nS and they were .,trongly en­couraged
hy the1r SOS (Student Ori­e
ntat ion Service) workers to part ic i­pate."
she said .
By taking the COUr\C , Which IS
good for one hour'., rcd11, Mudcnts
will receive leclure!o on tune man­agement
, career plannmg and edu­catio
nal philosophie!o. In <~dd1t ion.
Continued on Page 3
STAFF PHOTO BV MARK CRAMER
' There were some members that
wanted something else out of the
fraternity that the others didn't, and
they weren't able to pull themselve
out of it ," Maycock aid.
"We are going to be very selective
because of what happened before,"
Burton said 'We are striving for the
future and forgetting the past.
'We are looking for people who
are concerned with the ethics and
ideals that are taught in the ritual s. '
When we say we are reorgamz­ing,
we are saying 11 in a very posi­tive
way becau~e it 1s a good thing
tl>at h happening,' Maycock said.
'The chapter and the members will
be stronger for 11 . "
Unsay Akin plays in the decorative fountain outside Schneider Hall on a sunny Sept. 16. The child was
on campus for I he day with her aunt, freshman Chris Hagburg, who was babysitting her.
INSIDE ...
MIMing In Action ...
Perede honore mleelng
veterne .................. P8gel
lnllemcNy ...
u of L mourne ........ey tt.
CNNd lllnrlen ............ 2
Redlo peqon­ellty
Kltrl
Hue gives
benefit per­fonMncefor
WUOL,Pegel
In Afterclass... In Sports ....
C..te Party ...
The opening pley .t The Ptey­houH
Ia previewed ...... Pege 8
Vlctorlen Still Life ...
Exhibit of Vlctorlen ert vi etta U of
L's Speed Muaeum ......... Pege8
The Firat One ...
U of L's victory o~,er Memphis
State Is reviewed ... , ...... Pege 8
The Bottom of the ~ lat ...
PenthouN renks cj~rdlnel toot·
bllllln the bottom 210 ...... Pege 8
In Editorials ...
Gun Control...
Editorial bla.ta Congreea for
killing gun-control biii ... Pege10
Grldectlon ...
Footbell program nuty Ju.t need
more tlme .................. Pege 10
Index .. .
News Briefs ............... Pege 2
Afterclaea.... .... ... .. .. Pege 6
Sporta............. ..... .. . Pege 8
Editorials .................. Pege 10
~lve .. ~ ........... Pege 11
Clueltled Ada......... Pege 12
L..e~Wa .. ................... Pege 11